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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday
Volume 81, No. 89 University of South Carolina June 21, 1989
Trustee
By DEBORAH RYAN
Staff writer
The USC Board of Trustees voted
Thursday to increase tuition at the
Columbia campus beginning this fall.
Residents will pay $110 more per
semester and non-residents will pay
$350 more. Last year, residents paia
$1,114 tuition per semester and nonresidents
paid $2,424.
Trustees also voted to raise student
activity fees by $10. Students paid
$25 in activity fees last year.
President James Holderman and
Executive Vice President of Business
and Finance Pete Denton stated three
main reasons for the increase:
Faculty salary increases of 8
percent are needed, totaling $2.1
million.
The university needs to recovei
funds from past academic cuts to bring
departments back to the level ol
operation in 1986, and a portion ol
the increase will go to computer ac
quisition and upkeep.
Restoring the cuts will cos
$1,675,000 and the computers wil
cost $986,000. Other academii
priorities will cost $819,000.
The Columbia campus state ap
propriations increased by only 1.'
percent despite a growing enroll
ment, giving the university about 9
percent of full-formula funding afte
budget adjustments.
Holderman said the Commissioi
on Higher Education needs to adjus
General.
may com
on sales
From wire and staff reports
Signs of compromise are becomin
evident in the ongoing battle in th
S.C. General Assembly over the Iocs
option sales tax.
The object of the controversy is
proposal to allow local government
to impose a sales tax of 1 percent i
their counties to lower property taxe
and generate new revenue, depender
on November referenda in individut
counties.
The essential debate is over th
percentage of the money generate
by the tax which would be used t
roll back property taxes. The Hous
version of the bill called for 50 pei
cent of the tax money tp be used fc
this purpose, but the Senate versio
insisted on a 75 percent rate.
Members of the House indicate
thw would compromise and sunno
a version which allows for 65 percei
to be used for a rollback.
House and Senate conferees finall
reached a compromise late Tuesda
morning. Under this new plan, 6
percent of the revenue generate
Guest speakers u
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C hi nose students Anne-Marie Jepsl
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the formula. The funding formula
favors an increase in undergraduate
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ding graduate programs as the
university becomes more graduateoriented,
Holderman said.
The Fall 1989 freshman class is
about 2,800, but the university hopes
to secure a total of 3,000 by
September.
The enrollment increase will
generate income which will be the
basis for next year's funding.
"The way the formula is structured,
we will be eating ourselves
alive if the freshman class is not expanded,"
Holderman said.
I As the board approved the increase,
Student Body President
Marie-Louise Ramsdale expressed
how helpless students were and asked
that each member of the university
f family make it their personal priority
f to see that USC achieves full-formula
funding.
"1 challenge everyone in this room
t now to work over the next year to
1 alert the people of this state to the
: fact that higher education must
become a priority and must receive
priority funding," Ramsdale said.
J Out-of-state costs will eventually
increase again to keep up with rising
1 tuition at Clemson University,
r Holderman said.
The increase will make USC the
n third most expensive public universit
ty in the Southeast, just below
Assembly
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tax issue
would have to be used to decrease
g property taxes.
e This amount would increase to 71
il percent in five years.
The compromise also eliminated
a the Senate bill's exemption for
s grocery purchases, which was not a
n feature of the House version,
s The plan requires a two-thirds mait
jority in both chambers to pass, and
il legislators who support the compromise
are expecting difficulty in ate
taining the 31 votes needed in the
d Senate.
o Sen. John Land, D?Clarendon,
,e has indicated that up to one-third of
r- the 46 senators will oppose the bill
>r under any circumstances,
n
Land fully supported the Senate's
d plan, which he said would have given
rt about $80 million in relief to
it homeowners, while the House version
credits only about $24 million.
County government represeny
tatives were at the state house Tuesy
day, hoping the legislature would
3 pass a bill which would give them as
d much leeway as possible.
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the University of Virginia. likes fee increases, this one \
Ramsdale said she was happy with definitely needed. Every major <
the increase in activity fees and that dent organization endorsed the
Student Government endorsed the crease," she said,
increase. Because the activity fee incre
"This is a question of balance. We was approved, Ramsdale said she
haven't had a activity fee increase work with Dean of Student Life Jt
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)ne Brewer to ensure that the Russell ?
vas House user fee is eliminated for stu- c
tu- dent organizations. t(
in- The Russell House began charging
student organizations and university d
ase departments for use of the student ri
A'ill union space May 8. The organiza- s
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' Storm bla
many lose
By LES ALVERSON c
Photo editor si
I High winds and heavy rains Friday I'
I damaged many areas in Columbia
and left 90,000 people without S1
As of Tuesday, 7,500 people were e
still without power and 1,200 without s
phone service. An additional 1,500
people lost power in Monday's P
storm. Only thei campus power has ^
continued uninterrupted since Friday's
storm. d
Several trees were knocked down ^
and branches scattered on the ^
Horseshoe. n
"Many trees were split down the t
middle and we're unable to save
them," said Clyde Dyson, USC
manager of grounds. Also, part of a (
tree fell on the Disabled Student Ser- t
vices building, but the structure was c
not damaged. 1
. Dyson said that if good weather <
continues, groundskeepers should
have the debris cleared in two to I
three days. The total amount for <
damages caused by the storm was not I
available at press time. :
Cablevision of Columbia reported
lay, that they lost power for almost 20 i
hours because of the storm. Work <
allies to rai;
1ARY PEARSON Chan
>r in chief leadei
ore than 100 USC Chinese students, youth
munity members and professors turned said,
luring two days of rallies on the Russell Bic
se patio Monday and Tuesday. the si
le rallies were held by The Committee remet
olidarity With Student Protestors in not t
ing to raise money for the Chinese stops
ilies who lost members June 3 and 4 in "H
violent crackdown on the democratic forge
ement, organizers said. lives,
rveral guest speakers also attended the Chin<
' to encourage the Chinese students in to sei
r efforts and to make pledges of will i
letary and moral support. out a
We need to address the political, she si
tomic and social issues, connecting Mi
n with the tremendous sacrifice of the to co
nese people who died so nopeiuuy tnese rneni
lents would not have died in vain," said "T
ert Jabs, a USC doctorial candidate and articl
w University political science professor. them
The relationship between ideals and their
locracy as espoused by the Chinese CS
lers in Tiananmen Square is the same as than
as for our founding fathers during the starte
erican revolution," Jabs said. three
1c said the conflict grew and became the j
cut because of the Chinese govern- whicl
it's failure to harness the youthful spirit each,
dealism into a positive force. they
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n what rooms were used, if they
harged any type of admission or fee
5 attend their events.
The fee was enacted because of the
esparate need for money to pay for
^novations in the Russell House,
;udent union director Larry Zuleba
aid.
sts city;
power
rews are still trying to restore cable
;rviee to many customers who had
nes torn down by falling trees.
South Carolina Electric and Gas
till has many crews working to
estore power to customers who lost
lectricity in Friday's and Monday's
torm.
Monday's storm caused additional
Toblems in the Columbia area
ecause of flooding.
"Many places that usually flood
lid" on Monday, said Miles Hadley,
Tolumbia assistant city manager,
iadley said some of the flooding
nay have been caused by debris
locking drains.
"The city had little property
iamage, except for some pump staions
and traffic lights that were
Jamaged by lightning," Fladley said.
He also said it will take a month to
dean every street.
"The garbage truck gets trash
from one house and then has to
Jump it, and it takes 30 minutes for a
[ruck to get back on its rounds," he
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The weather report for the rest of
the week said rain is possible each
day.
se funds
ge in China was inevitable, and the
-s had a responsibility to guide the
ful ideas into creative change," he
ilogy graduate Susan Mitchell asked
tudents and community members to
nber what had occurred in China and
urn away their support once China
making front page news,
lopefully our conscience will not let us
t about the thousands who gave their
That is what this rallv is about. The
jse need our support. They need funds
id telegrams to our government that
irge the Bush admistration to speak
gainst the human rights violations,"
aid.
tchell said that funds were also needed
ntinue communication with the movein
China.
he funds are needed to fax newspaper
es and materials to keep the Chinese
selves aware of what is happening in
own country," she said.
SPB organizer Jenny Kaye said more
$3,000 had been raised since the group
?d their fund-raising efforts more than
weeks ago. She said during the rally
iroup sold more than 150 T-shirts
h said For Democracy in China at $8
She said if people wanted the T-shirts
could write the organization-et'-eaH1421.